Monday November 19, 2012
Thus far, the American media has given Israeli officials and spokespersons a free pass to shape the narrative of this conflict with falsehoods. Here are the top 5 lies the media doesn’t challenge about the crisis in Gaza: Read More »
Monday November 19, 2012
Last Friday, Lara Friedman, the Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now, published an article about how the Senate’s resolutions on Gaza have changed in the past 3 years. I’ve created a mash-up of the two senate resolutions so you can judge for yourselves. Read More »
Thursday November 15, 2012
Once again the world is focused on a tragic and devastating cycle in the renewed conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. It is as pointless as it is heartbreaking, and it must be stopped before it escalates further. Read More »
Thursday November 15, 2012
As was perfectly predictable from the start, Israel’s bombings and assassinations in Gaza aren't an effective means of ending Palestinian rocket fire, but a guarantee of violent escalation. Read More »
Thursday November 08, 2012
Even though Obama’s re-election is a small victory for advocates of civil liberties and global peace, these ideals are far from assured. What we won yesterday is little more than the possibility of future success, the hope that cool heads in the second Obama administration will be able and willing to see past the mistakes of the first. Read More »
Tuesday October 30, 2012
Well, folks, it’s been quite a ride, and we actually are saying goodbye (we were just trying to put it off for a few more seconds). But worry not, you’re in for one magnificent substitute weekly publication from AAI. And if that doesn’t quench your Countdown thirst, don’t panic, we’ll be back before you know it. Presidential elections are our bat signal in the sky, and given that these campaigns now start literally years before the actual election, you can sleep tonight knowing that we’re practically just around the corner. Until then, stay politically active and keep the Arab American community strong. Read More »
Friday October 26, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
In an Op-Ed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Sari Bashi, the Executive Director of Israeli human rights organization Gisha, called on both US presidential candidates to acknowledge that the absence of daylight between US and Israeli government positions is harming US humanitarian and foreign policy efforts. Read More »
Friday October 26, 2012
By Jennine Vari
Two weeks ago, a group of Christian leaders sent a letter to Congress calling for an investigation into whether U.S. aid to Israel is contributing to human rights abuses of Palestinians. The letter was signed by the leaders of the various Christian denominations: Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Methodist Church, the National Council of Churches USA, and the United Church of Christ. Read More »
Wednesday October 24, 2012
By Emily Jabareen
Stretched along a Ramallah street, building offices are bustling with the sound of a developing tech industry on the cusp of takeoff. The offices operate in an almost different dimension of reality, where companies emerge at the click of a button, and long-distance business relations are not subject to the suffocating language of borders, sovereignty, and occupation. Individuals in the office buildings seem to have escaped the drudgeries that typify Palestinian life, and work in a bubble detached from the everyday rigmarole of imposed military restrictions.
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Friday October 19, 2012
The tragic news of a massive bombing in Eastern Beirut today, killing at least 8 and injuring dozens more (reports are still pouring in at the time of writing this blog), raises further concerns about the possibility of larger scale violence taking place in the country. Let's hope Lebanon can bypass such a growing possibility. Read More »
Tuesday October 16, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
An Israeli travel ban on Palestinians from Gaza led the American Consulate in Jerusalem to cancel a two-year-old scholarship program that gave 30 bright and financially disadvantaged students from Gaza and the West Bank the opportunity to study at local Palestinian universities. Read More »
Monday October 15, 2012
On Friday, October 12, AAI and the Arab American Cultural & Community Center (ACC) hosted a town hall discussion entitled “Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A U.S. Policy Imperative.” The event focused on the latest political developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the role that the Arab American community must play in helping to guide U.S. policy. Read More »
Friday October 12, 2012
By Emily Jabareen
In what could be considered an archival gem for policy buffs and fans of President Kennedy alike, a letter was unearthed documenting John F. Kennedy’s early thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read More »
Friday October 12, 2012
AAI and the Arab American Cultural & Community Center (ACC) will be hosting a town hall entitled “Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A U.S. Policy Imperative” tonight at 7:00pm. The event will focus on the latest political developments regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and explore what role the United States can and should play to overcome the numerous obstacles that are keeping a viable peace agreement from being achieved. Read More »
Friday September 28, 2012
AAI President Jim Zogby joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Kate Bolduan in the Situation Room last night to discuss a wide range of Middle East foreign policy issues as well as AAI’s recent poll on the Arab American vote in 2012. Dr. Zogby was joined by Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. While AAI’s poll shows that jobs and the economy rate as the two most important issues concerning Arab Americans this election cycle, foreign policy is also among the top issues. Read More »
Thursday September 27, 2012
While many political speeches can be contradicted by unmentioned facts, Netanyahu’s was one of those rare speeches that actively contradict themselves in the course of making their central argument. Read More »
Wednesday September 26, 2012
Today brought the news that President Abbas met with Dershowitz, and other Jewish community leaders, to discuss his pending speech before the UNGA and the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Read More »
Monday September 24, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
The second annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DC-PFAF) begins tonight, Monday, September 24, 2012 and will run until Saturday, September 29th at various locations in the DC metropolitan area. This year’s festival includes both full feature-length films and shorts from several genres including comedies, dramas and documentaries. Several of the films will be followed by panel discussions with the filmmakers (directors or actors) and other events include live music performances, poetry, and visual arts exhibits. Read More »
Thursday September 20, 2012
By Jennine Vari
During a discussion following the film, activist Moriel Rothman was asked about the success of the Solidarity movement. He responded that even though the movement has not been able to return Palestinians to their homes, the outcome in Sheikh Jarrah has not been a failure. He calls it an “invisible success” because they have at least been able to temporarily stop the forced evictions. Wingert-Jabi and the whole production team inject a personal element into this aspect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but there is a still a long way to go. “We just want our country back,” said Mohammad, “We just want to live our lives.” Read More »
Thursday September 20, 2012
But this is not just about Romney being out-of-step with his own country and party on this issue, it's also about him having gotten things backwards. This attitude of unthinkingly going along with Israel’s objections to Palestinian self-determination is not the outcome of this conflict being unsolvable; it is precisely what will keep this conflict from being solved. Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
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RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
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The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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